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Deuteronomy 19:3-5
International Standard Version
Deuteronomy 19:3-5
International Standard Version
3 Build roads throughout the land that the Lord your God is providing as an inheritance, and then divide it into three districts so that any killer may flee there.
4 “Now this is the situation for any killer who flees there to live: suppose he strikes his friend unwittingly, not having hated him previously. 5 For instance,[a] he may have accompanied his friend to go to a forest to cut trees. Then he swung his axe to cut some wood, but the ax head flew off the handle[b] and hit[c] his friend, so that he died. The killer[d] may flee to one of these cities to live.
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- Deuteronomy 19:5 The Heb. lacks for instance
- Deuteronomy 19:5 Lit. tree
- Deuteronomy 19:5 Lit. found
- Deuteronomy 19:5 The Heb. lacks the killer
Deuteronomy 19:3-5
New International Version
Deuteronomy 19:3-5
New International Version
3 Determine the distances involved and divide into three parts the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that a person who kills someone may flee for refuge to one of these cities.
4 This is the rule concerning anyone who kills a person and flees there for safety—anyone who kills a neighbor unintentionally, without malice aforethought. 5 For instance, a man may go into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and as he swings his ax to fell a tree, the head may fly off and hit his neighbor and kill him. That man may flee to one of these cities and save his life.
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